Short-Run Impact of Competition Policy
Imagine an economy is in a stable state where wages and employment levels are not changing. The government then introduces a policy that weakens anti-monopoly laws, allowing firms to have more market power and increase their profit markups over costs. In the short run, how does this policy directly affect the real wage that firms are willing to offer at any given level of employment? Explain what happens to the equilibrium level of unemployment as a result.
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